{"id":12858397,"date":"2026-02-24T01:49:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/?p=12858397"},"modified":"2026-02-24T01:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T06:49:39","slug":"what-travelers-need-to-know-as-cartel-violence-rattles-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/2026\/02\/24\/what-travelers-need-to-know-as-cartel-violence-rattles-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"What Travelers Need to Know as Cartel Violence Rattles Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"css-1stea7k euiyums1\">\n<div class=\"css-p6m5rf\">\n<div class=\"byline-container css-1u5onbp epjyd6m2\">\n<div class=\"css-233int epjyd6m1\">\n<div class=\"css-1vkm6nb ehdk2mb0\">\n<h2 id=\"link-4f3e4c9f\" class=\"css-1uc375s e1h9rw200\" data-testid=\"headline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/23\/travel\/cartel-violence-mexico-el-mencho-travel-flights.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OlA.lia_.l3QQjxAD5-58&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What Travelers Need to Know as Cartel Violence Rattles Mexico<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\"><em>The killing of a drug lord and the unrest that followed have prompted flight cancellations, roadblocks, cruise disruptions and \u201cshelter in place\u201d alerts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-4anu6l e1jsehar1\"><span class=\"byline-prefix\">By\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"last-byline css-ojhyzr e1jsehar0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/stephen-hiltner\">Stephen Hiltner, NY Times<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-6wov7h\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<div class=\"css-1lpvp6o\">\n<div class=\"css-81mraw\">\n<div class=\"css-le223v\">\n<div class=\"css-1ibyhwt\">\n<div class=\"css-myrxjz\">\n<div class=\"css-13brihr\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">A wave of violence in Mexico linked to <\/span><a class=\"css-yywogo\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/22\/world\/americas\/jalisco-new-generation-cartel-leader-killed.html\">the killing of a top drug-cartel boss<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u00a0has erupted in several cities that are popular with U.S. tourists, prompting flight cancellations, roadblocks, cruise disruptions and \u201cshelter in place\u201d alerts from the U.S. government.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-ac37hb evys1bk0\">The major travel disturbances are unusual in a country where tourists are\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/01\/travel\/mexico-travel-safe.html\">largely insulated from violence<\/a>. Mexico welcomed a\u00a0<a class=\"css-yywogo\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gob.mx\/sectur\/es\/articulos\/2025-marca-un-ano-historico-para-el-turismo-en-mexico-con-casi-100-millones-de-visitantes?idiom=es\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">record number of international visitors in 2025<\/a>\u00a0and is far and away the most popular international destination for American travelers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/23\/travel\/cartel-violence-mexico-el-mencho-travel-flights.html?unlocked_article_code=1.OlA.lia_.l3QQjxAD5-58&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Travelers Need to Know as Cartel Violence Rattles Mexico The killing of a drug lord and the unrest that followed have prompted flight cancellations, roadblocks, cruise disruptions and \u201cshelter in place\u201d alerts. By\u00a0Stephen Hiltner, NY Times A wave of violence in Mexico linked to the killing of a top drug-cartel boss\u00a0has erupted in several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":12858398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,1,12,25391],"tags":[371],"class_list":{"0":"post-12858397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-available","8":"category-uncategorized","9":"category-phils-favorites","10":"category-members-corner","11":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12858397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12858399,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12858397\/revisions\/12858399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12858398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12858397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12858397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12858397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}